Bubble Tea

In the SU building at the University there is a new beverage vender, it is called Tea Palace. It is a little stand off to the side that sells tea, go figure eh? They sell hot teas in a variety of flavours as well as milk teas and they have pearl jelly and coconut jelly to put in these cold teas and milk teas making them Bubble Tea.
Today alone I tried three different flavours of Bubble Milk Tea... They were all delicious, I tried chocolate, vanilla and honey. I will of course have to become more adventurous and try more exotic flavours like black bean, mango, almond, green tea and cantaloupe, but for now I stuck with what I know. (I know I love chocolate LOL)
What they do is they have tea that is heavily steeped and cold. They put this in a shakable container and add the syrup flavour that you choose (they have about 15 in total there.) They put then add milk and shake it up so it is very frothy, similar to a very thin milkshake, it then has bubble on the top from the shaking which is part of why it is known as Bubble Tea. They then pour the shaken mixture into a serving cup, add the pearl jelly, which is black tapioca balls about the size of marbles, and add ice to the top. They then have a machine that seals the mixture with a thin plastic top so that is can be transported without spilling. They give you a large straw, similar to a slurpee straw, with a diagonally cut pointed end that you use to pierce the plastic and suck up the tapioca "bubbles". It is quite a pleasing concoction. I highly suggest y'all try it!

http://www.bubbletea.com/